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  1. Social Security to shutter National Hearing Centers since the vast majority of these appeals hearings now take place fully virtually through modern-day videoconference platforms.

    Also, #SSA is spending more to recover low-dollar overpayments than it is recovering, on average 20% more, some as much as 50%.

    They spent $4.6 million to recover $2.6 million for low amount overpayments from 16000 claimants, which often is caused by SSA's payment calculation error and no fault of claimants.

    In 2007, SSA opened National Hearing Centers to have administrative law judges hear more appeals from individuals whose initial retirement or disability claim was rejected. Individuals would show up at their local hearing office to have their appeals heard, but the case would be heard on video by an administrative law judge located in one of these National Hearing Centers.

    federalnewsnetwork.com/managem

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    #Bretagne #SSA #SecuritéSociale #ÉpicerieSociale #Alimentation #Solidarité #communs #soutien

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    Le boost nourrit des familles pauvres, merci !

  3. 🚀 The EDA Defence in Space Forum brought together EU #space and #defence community to align priorities & cooperate

    On 21 April, talks focused on cap development plans, such as EDA's efforts to improve EU #SSA through a Military SSA Market project based on the EDA SatCom Market
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    nitter.net/EUDefenceAgency/sta

  4. Social Security Customer Service Worker Charged in Disability Funds Theft Scheme.

    The worker targeted claimants diagnosed with mental health disorders and altered claimant records in the SSA database to include bank accounts he controlled and his residential mailing address so he could receive their benefit funds, stealing $116,537.62. The worker also adjusted the date of benefit eligibility and generated large backpay benefits.

    The worker faces up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud, up to 20 years for mail fraud, up to 10 years for theft of government property, up to five years for false statements, and a mandatory two years for aggravated identity theft. #SSA .

    justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-

  5. Il est également question dans la lettre d'avril de la place des AMAP dans les initiatives de Sécurité sociale de l’alimentation #ssa, du projet Récolte de recueil d’initiatives territoriales par Terre de liens, de la PAC dans le regard des adhérent·es Civam, du programme biodiversité de Terre de liens, de l’événement De ferme en ferme et enfin d’une bande dessinée consacrée à la transmission agricole et à son accompagnement.

    Les éléments de cette lettre sont également disponibles sur notre site.

    pole-inpact.fr/Actualites

  6. 2/ After I posted my post above, this article was sitting in my RSS feeder: #SSA #SocialSecurity

    🔗 DOGE Attacks on Social Security Have Left Millions in the Lurch ~ Disabled, ill, and aging Americans are facing a broken system that’s now harder to navigate than ever.

    truthout.org/articles/doge-att

  7. Helping a disabled, retired government worker on Social Security stop an overpayment of $31K after the Biden era SSA offset ended and his payments increased, got his offset backpay, and then for whatever reason, Trump's SSA reversed that on his account, lowered his monthly payment adding the offset back, issued an overpayment, and will soon start deducting 60% of his monthly #SocialSecurity check until 2030. Making matters worse is the local #SSA office is understaffed. Glad this was my business for decades. My old contacts are still picking up my calls. lol.

  8. Shower rain on Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International airport in Salvador area (Brazil) “METAR SBSV 291200Z 20007KT 9999 4000NE VCSH SCT009 SCT020 FEW025TCU BKN050 26/24 Q1014 RESHRA” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/sbsv/en #deputadoluizeduardomagalhaesinternationalairport #airport #salvador #brazil #sbsv #ssa #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek vl

  9. #TikTok has announced an additional 200,000 dollars investment in ad credits to support Artificial Intelligence (#AI) media literacy initiatives across Sub-Saharan Africa.

    dmarketforces.com/tiktok-boost

    #SSA #AImediaLiteracy

  10. An identity theft goldmine just walking out the door, despite all the promises that they’d never let this happen 😡
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    #DOGE staffer had ‘God-level’ #SocialSecurity access & expected #Trump ’s #pardon , #whistleblower says-Independent

    After leaving, he allegedly told colleagues he retained “God-level” #security access to the #SSA ’s systems & told another coworker that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were considered illegal
    #privacy

    independent.co.uk/news/world/a

  11. Historique : Bruxelles adopte la Sécurité Sociale de l’Alimentation
    lareleveetlapeste.fr/historiqu

    Le Parlement bruxellois a adopté une résolution historique sur la SSA. Adoptée par 60 % des élus, elle ouvre la voie à des financements publics et une étude de faisabilité nationale. Un signal fort qui appelle à bâtir une coalition citoyenne d'ici 2029.

    L'adoption de cette résolution n'a rien d'ordinaire. Elle est le fruit d'une conjonction politique aussi rare qu'improbable : depuis 630 jours, un record mondial, la Région bruxelloise est privée de gouvernement. Cette situation inédite a paradoxalement ouvert une brèche démocratique.

    #SSA #securiteAlimentaire

  12. SpaceX opens the door to "sharing" its spacecraft tracking data with its "StarGaze" Space Situational Awareness (SSA) system.

    Stargaze aggregates data from ~ 30,000 star trackers distributed across the StarLink satellite fleet to generate accurate orbit estimates and predictions of position and velocity for all detected objects in near real-time and the system generates Conjunction Data Messages (CDMs). 

    SpaceX will make Stargaze conjunction data available to any satellite operator (free of charge) that submits its own ephemeris (trajectory) data to the platform. Stargaze ephemeris is updated and shared publicly every hour.

    BIG question: How long will Stargaze be "free of charge" ??? news.satnews.com/2026/02/18/sp

    See my post on Space Situational Awareness here: techaptitude.substack.com/p/th #Space #SSA #SatelliteCollision #StarLink #StarGaze #SpaceX #Satellites #CDMs #SpaceCraft #Deconfliction #TechAptitude

  13. CW: Suicide in the news because of maga fascists

    Cruelty Is Job One 😳😠

    “It's important for Fiona to keep the caller engaged and to remind her that suicide is only one option and that there is no urgency to make any decisions,” the animated trainer told employees in the video.

    ‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
    govexec.com/management/2026/02

    #USpol #SSA #SocialSecurity #Training #maga #trump #Fascism #MentalHealth #Suicide #IAmDB

  14. 🛰️💥 Le 30 janvier à 6h09 UTC, s2a Systems, entreprise de surveillance spatiale #SSA, a observé la désintégration du satellite russe LUCH (Olymp) #40258 placé en octobre 2025 sur l'orbite cimetière au-dessus de l'orbite géostationnaire. La cause de l'incident n'est pas connue

  15. Ciudadanos de USA están siendo expulsados de listas de votantes estatales
    DHS’s Data Grab Is Getting Citizens Kicked Off Voter Rolls, New Complaint Says |
    #manipulación
    ✍️ #VittoriaElliott
    wired.com/story/dhs-data-grab-
    #DHS The Department of Homeland Security
    Experts warned that using disparate sources of data—all collected for different purposes–could lead to errors, including identifying US citizens as noncitizens
    The complaint, filed against DHS and the Social Security Administration (#SSA)

  16. as far as #subtitle formats go we have (from most advanced to least)

    * #aegissub - the best most advance which has styling. bezier curves drawings blabla

    * #ssa (*ssa)- lower format maybe precursor to aegis

    * WebVTT (.vtt) a good standart for web subs. Still inferior to aegis. There is apparantly ytt or something for #youtube specifically...

    * #Subrip (.srt) literally the most basic one.
    The Textfile of Subtitles. Similar to a cheapo lrc for audio.


    And that is most I guess

    https://www.xl8.ai/blog/the-beginners-guide-for-subtitle-format-users

    Guess which one will give you the most trouble.
    I'm sure its fileextension is exactly what it is cause the devs *knew* they were making everyone angry

    :ablobcatgrumpy:
    #repost •acws #acws
  17. as far as #subtitle formats go we have (from most advanced to least)

    * #aegissub - the best most advance which has styling. bezier curves drawings blabla

    * #ssa (*ssa)- lower format maybe precursor to aegis

    * WebVTT (.vtt) a good standart for web subs. Still inferior to aegis. There is apparantly ytt or something for #youtube specifically...

    * #Subrip (.srt) literally the most basic one.
    The Textfile of Subtitles. Similar to a cheapo lrc for audio.


    And that is most I guess

    https://www.xl8.ai/blog/the-beginners-guide-for-subtitle-format-users

    Guess which one will give you the most trouble.
    I'm sure its fileextension is exactly what it is cause the devs *knew* they were making everyone angry

    :ablobcatgrumpy:
    #repost •acws #acws
  18. Can you say “Deconfliction”? The Risk of Satellite Collisions is going Parabolic – Not a good thing.

    The latest TechAptitude post is is live - reviews the current state of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and the growing risk of spacecraft collisions.
    open.substack.com/pub/techapti #Space #Satellites #SSA #SatelliteCollision #Deconfliction #TechAptitude #LowEarthOrbit

  19. Comment on DHS Records Modification

    We received notice from Restore the Fourth about a comment period on a DHS change to the agency’s record system. Disturbingly, they have already made the change, but now are asking for retroactive approval. Sorry, no approval from us!

    There are just 3 days left to comment, so have your say at this link.

    Here is the text of Restore the Fourth’s e-mail announcing the comment period, which I sadly did not notice days ago when it was sent:

    US Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), for the first time, has begun pooling data from DHS, the Social Security Administration, the IRS and state voter rolls, to generate a list of US citizens in its “Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)” database.

    They have begun doing this without notifying the American public of this change in practice, and without offering an opportunity before they began for people to comment, violating the National Privacy Act of 1974. That Act, responding to Watergate, intentionally siloed federal datasets, preventing different federal agencies from sharing data except in very specific cases where justification and notification of the subject of the “investigation” is required.

    Without that siloing, the government can go fishing across all of government to find anything that a pre-selected person has done wrong; and doing that violates the Fourth Amendment.

    What USCIS is doing now is asking for public comment on these changes that have already happened, in order to get some sort of retrospective blessing and insulate themselves from legal challenges. We don’t bless it. We urge you to write comments objecting to it.

    Below is the Restore the Fourth suggested e-mail with a list of talking points; use one or more, paraphrase, or write your own comment:
    • I oppose the change that DHS/USCIS has implemented to the US Citizenship and Immigration Service’s (USCIS’) Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database. Pooling data from DHS, the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and state voter data and other sources violates the National Data Privacy Act of 1974. The fact that DHS/USCIS is belatedly asking for comment about the changes that it has already implemented by accessing data from other federal agency databases in order to gather additional information on immigrants in violation of the National Data Privacy Act is deeply troubling because many Americans would have opposed this change had they been consulted ahead of the change, as the Act requires.
    • The National Privacy Act of 1974 created silos in order to prevent different federal agencies from sharing data except in very specific cases, and in those cases justification and notification of the subject of the “investigation” is required. Enacted in the aftermath of Watergate, the National Privacy Act was designed to protect Americans from investigations where the government is fishing for evidence that someone has committed a crime with no predicate based on probable cause that they have done anything criminal. Access by any agency to another agency’s data without probable cause to see specific data on a suspect is illegal in order to protect all of us, regardless of our political party or our immigration status. Every resident of the U.S. is entitled to the protections enshrined by the Fourth Amendment of our Constitution.
    • The legal justification provided by DHS in its SORN for its merger of federal databases is a 1999 opinion in which the Department of Justice limited the kinds of restrictions agencies could put on sharing data with law enforcement. It provides for the lawful disclosure of citizenship- or immigration-related information, but it does not grant the Social Security Administration the authority to disclose information without adhering to the requirements of the Privacy Act. 
    • The repurposing of data from different agencies is also dangerous because different people’s records may be incorrectly linked together because of a name misspelling or even a failure to update a name change.
    • DHS/ICIS has implemented additional changes to normal practices as part of its consolidation. Until recently there was no way to deactivate a person’s Social Security number and prevent them from receiving benefits unless there was documentation of their death. Under SAVE, DHS now uses a special indicator code to flag what it considers questionable data or special circumstances concerning an application for an SSN. This allows DHS, without any form of review, to terminate someone’s Social Security benefit. In one case earlier this year when the Social Security Administration under DOGE accidentally declared an 82-year-old man dead (see https://www.livenowfox.com/news/seattle-man-social-security-error), he lost his Social Security benefits, Medicare coverage, and even access to his bank fund. Since in the system being implemented by DHS there will be challenges in matching up names across various databases, the risk of accidental terminations of benefits is heightened.
    • In 2023, a lawyer from the Social Security Administration wrote to the Fair Elections Center that “while SSA records provide an indication of citizenship, they do not provide definitive information on U.S. citizenship,” so it is very concerning that SSA data can now be used to eliminate Americans from voter rolls without further verification.
    • Until now, undocumented Immigrants who lawfully paid federal taxes on their earnings using an Individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) were promised that their personal information would remain confidential. DHS access to the IRS database completely undermines this protection, making it much less likely that they will file. This reduces government revenue and will result in increased taxes for the rest of us.
    • We are seeing more frequent and broader hacking operations affecting federal agencies by foreign states and other actors (see https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-12-chinese-contract-hackers-and-law-enforcement-officers-global and https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/us-treasurys-workstations-hacked-cyberattack-by-china-afp-reports-2024-12-30/ and https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/The-OPM-Data-Breach-How-the-Government-Jeopardized-Our-National-Security-for-More-than-a-Generation.pdf). By combining databases as DHS/USCIS is doing, hundreds of millions of Americans’ data may be compromised by hackers.
    • For all of these reasons, I ask DHS/USCIS to terminate the changes to the SAVE program.

    #confidentiality #data #dataSilos #dhs #hacking #immigration #irs #nationalDataPrivacyActOf1974 #privacy #recordKeeping #repurposingData #save #socialSecurity #ssa #systemicAlienVerificationForEntitlements #uscis

  20. 🤖🔧 If you've been living under a rock without WiFi, you might have missed the memo that #SSA #compilers are apparently the Beyoncé of the #compiler #world. But fret not, #Miguel is here to enlighten us with 5756 words about why he's invited to all the cool compiler parties while you desperately try to remember what SSA even stands for. 🎉✨
    mcyoung.xyz/2025/10/21/ssa-1/ #Insights #Tech #Party #HackerNews #ngated

  21. #Senate staff probes DOGE, finds locked doors and windows covered with trash bags

    Multiple #whistleblowers alleged that #DOGE uploaded a highly sensitive #SocialSecurity Administration ( #SSA ) database to an unmonitored cloud environment, according to a report by Senate Democratic staff. The staff report describes an investigation into DOGE activities at 3 agencies, including a site visit at the #GSA in which DOGE officials appeared to be hiding certain areas from view

    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  22. While I didn't actually need it, it is nice that my lawyer also confirmed he received notice of SSDI approval. Whole phone call was a bit of a celebration as he was as surprised as I was. 22ish days from submitting appeal to approval is simply unheard of according to both what I have read and my lawyers experience. From what understand, there is around a 16% chance on 1st appeal. Was fully expecting ALJ Hearing. #disability #ssdi #ssa

  23. SciML Fellowship development 2025 - JumpProcesses.jl: Introducing vr_aggregator for VariableRateJumps, GPU-enhanced SimpleTauLeaping and Extending with τ-Leap Algorithms for Jump Process Simulation

    sciml.ai/news/2025/09/13/jumpp

  24. "To this writer, this also could mean that the #data could be disclosed from the environment, including into generative AI tools, which is of grave concern." natlawreview.com/article/priv... Bad Musk DOGe #SSA #SSDI #socialsecurity Amazon Cloud #court #law

    natlawreview.com/article/privac...

  25. "Following reports that DOGE illegally uploaded hundreds of millions of Americans’ personal data to unprotected servers, Representative Dave Min (CA-47) has introduced the Security and Accountability for Everyone (SAFE) Act" @congressmin.bsky.social 👏👏👏 min.house.gov/media/press-... #SSA #SSDI #law

    Rep. Dave Min Introduces the S...

  26. Hmmm, no Unsubscribe for the "July 3rd fealty to the president emails full of lies" list…

    #lies #ssa #bUb

  27. It's time to start packing my backpack.

    Soon I'll head into OHFF-1101 to take part of SSA Portabeltest and do WWFF activation.

    I can't self spot myself during Portabeltest so find me on bands.

    contestspalten.ssa.se/rules-ss

    #OHFF #WWFF #SSA #Portabeltest #HF #HamRadio

  28. "After installing anti-fraud checks for benefit claims made over the phone early last month, the Social Security Administration is considering walking back the policy after finding only two cases that had a high probability of being fraudulent.

    The anti-fraud tool set up last month after weeks of changes to the agency’s telephone policies has slowed retirement claim processing by 25% and led to a "degradation of public service,” according to an internal May document obtained by Nextgov/FCW that examined potentially cutting the anti-fraud tool for phone claims.

    Under the new policy, the agency found that only two benefit claims out of over 110,000 had a high probability of being fraudulent — and they aren’t guaranteed to be so. Less than 1% of claims were flagged as even potentially fraudulent at all.

    “No significant fraud has been detected from the flagged cases,” the internal document said.

    The attention to fraud, however, did cause delays, as SSA changed its phone procedures to add the checks on the backend."

    nextgov.com/digital-government

    #USA #Trump #DOGE #Musk #SSA #SocialSecurity #Austerity #Antifraud

  29. Time to haul #DOGE to court. It itself is a #fraud and a #waste. Just 2 calls flagged out of 110,000!

    Reason 586 why billionaires should NEVER be in charge of any #government function. They are #oblivious of #hardships faced by commoners.

    #handsOff #SSA #USPolitics

    nextgov.com/digital-government

  30. Bisignano "is a Wall Street CEO with a long history of slashing the companies he runs to the bone, including massive layoffs," she noted. "He is also a liar. He claims he was not involved in all the chaotic & destructive changes at" #SSA #SSDI www.commondreams.org/news/frank-b... #coup #frauds #law

    By Confirming Bisignano, Senat...

  31. If this is winning. Then, I don't want to. 😢

    "Social Security Lists Thousands of Migrants as Dead to Prompt Them to ‘Self-Deport’"

    By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.

    #MAGA #Trump #SSA #Immigration #Migrants #SocialSecurity #SelfDeport

    nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/poli

  32. It sometimes pays to run domains that serve purely as spam honeypots. Case in point: A spammer has been delivering a ConnectWise commercial remote access client application as a payload in a scam that uses the purported arrival of a US Social Security statement as its hook.

    A 🧵 ...

    #ConnectWise #malware #spam #malspam #attacksurface #SocialSecurity #SocialSecurityAdministration #SSA #usgov